The New Boy - a cautionary tale
Ahhh, the trials and tribulations of being a new boy. Not for me as I am entranced and more concerned with my pension rights, but else where I see new boys come in and make a pigs ear of it. Whenever you start a new job you need to reconnoiter the place, get a feel for who does what, who knows what. these are basic steps. If the company is over 1000 strong and covers more than one site you also need to understand the politics, how the departments interact and who you can safely talk to without having it used against you and most importantly your co-workers. It can be fraught with segregation, demarcation and multi-site or multi-divisional companies can have this doubled with in fighting between these groupings. Stepping in to a managerial role that covers one or two sites and one aspect of IT can be a minefield and is a path trod with care and an open mind, toes need to avoided and support garnered during the probationary period. You need to learn and learn fast.Understand th